Broadcast students place first
in national SPJ contest

Photo by Denise Dowling

Danielle Dellerson, (l), and Natalya McLees, both 2002 R-TV grads, display their first-place national award at the Sept. 14 SPJ convention in Dallas.

Two recent graduates of The University of Montana’s School of Journalism have won top honors in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Contest.

Danielle Dellerson of Big Fork and Natalya McLees of Kalispell won first place in the television spot news category. Both are 2002 graduates of the Radio-Television Department. The awards were given at the 2002 SPJ national convention in Fort Worth, Texas, on Sept. 14. Both were on hand to accept their award.

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